Saskia Weishaupt

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Saskia Weishaupt (born 20 September 1993) is a German politician for The Greens and since 2021 member of the Bundestag, the federal diet.

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Life and politics

Weishaupt was born 1994 in the German city of Hanover and studied politics. [1]

Weishaupt was elected to the Bundestag in 2021. [2]

Controversy

In a tweet on 22 December 2021, Weishaupt called on the police to use pepper spray and batons against a "Querdenker" demonstration in Munich. [3] [4] The demonstration had been cancelled by the organisers. Nevertheless, up to 5,000 participants gathered. [5] [6] Eleven arrests were made. [7] In response to Weishaupt's tweet, the hashtag #SchlagstockSaskia trended on Twitter, with predominantly right-wing criticism from AfD member of parliament Jürgen Braun, among others. [8] Police unionist Manuel Ostermann from Münsterland also criticised Green politician Weishaupt's tweet: "I dread to see you take responsibility. Arm yourself rhetorically. It's obviously about time." [9] Weishaupt deleted her tweet and apologised, saying she "unfortunately had not been able to present the context in the tweet." [9] [10]

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References

  1. "Zur Not mit Schlagstock? Grüne sorgt für Aufschrei in Querdenker-Szene". www.kreiszeitung.de.
  2. "Corona: Polizei soll gegen "Querdenker" laut Grünen-Politikerin härter vorgehen". www.rnd.de.
  3. "Saskia Weishaupt on Twitter". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  4. "Pfefferspray und Schlagstöcke gegen Querdenker - Forderung von Grünen-Politikerin". Bild. 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  5. ""Querdenker"-Demos: Grüne verteidigt Einsatz von Pfefferspray und Schlagstock". Die Welt. 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  6. "Grünen-Politikerin fordert "Schlagstöcke" gegen Querdenker – Polizeigewerkschaft reagiert sofort". Der Westen. 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  7. Sebastian Hahn (2021-12-23). "Schlagstöcke gegen Querdenker gefordert: Rechter Shitstorm gegen Grünen-Abgeordnete". Kölner Stadtanzeiger. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  8. "Grünen-Abgeordnete fordert "Pfefferspray und Schlagstock" gegen "Querdenker"". RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland . Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  9. 1 2 "Grünen-Politikerin fordert "Schlagstock und Pfefferspray" gegen Querdenker". SWR3. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  10. Weishaupt, Saskia [@SaskiaLeaRaquel] (23 December 2021). "Ich habe meinen Tweet zur gestrigen Corona-Demo gelöscht, weil er den Eindruck erzeugt hat, dass ich Gewalt gegen eine friedliche Demonstration befürworte. Das ist aber natürlich nicht der Fall. Ich habe in dem Tweet den Kontext leider nicht darstellen können. (Thread, 1/5)" [I deleted my tweet about yesterday's Corona demo because it gave the impression that I support violence against a peaceful demonstration. But of course that is not the case. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to show the context in the tweet. (Thread, 1/5)] (Tweet) (in German). Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022 via Twitter.